Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
The Revelaires* Cab Driver Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Call War War War
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Magic Moment Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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